29. PÖFFi Avatseremoonia

29. PÖFFi Avatseremoonia

Fr 07.11.2025 • 19:00 - 23:59Estonia pst. 9, Tallinn, Harjumaa

29th PÖFF Opening Ceremony

We invite you to celebrate the arrival of one of the most important cultural events of the year!

The 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will kick off with a grand opening ceremony on Friday, November 7, at 7 PM at the Alexela Concert Hall (Estonia pst 9).

What happens when the space is one, but there is a whole sea of languages – every drop speaks of its own as it falls, rains, evaporates.
 
Each language uses its own means, finds beauty in its own way, and remains at times elusive to other languages.
 
Body language, the language of music, mother tongue…
 
Yes, language can grant freedom, but it can also restrain.
 
But what if we were to bring together a bunch of different languages on one stage and let them act according to their own rules? Sometimes it happens that in the harmony of different languages something entirely new comes to life – something greater than the sum of those languages. When the feared cacophony instead becomes a symphony, where every language has its place and every identity contributes its own charged note, its own depth, its own story.
 
The opening ceremony of the 29th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival will be hosted by Laura Võigemast and Ingmar Jõela.
 
For the first time in Estonia, the popular Catalan artist Maria Arnal will perform. In her work, she combines folk, pop, and electronic music. She is one of the most distinctive voices of Spain’s new music scene, drawing inspiration also from the polyphonic folk traditions of the Iberian Peninsula.
 
Her performance will also launch this year’s festival focus program dedicated to Catalonia, which over the course of two and a half weeks, will present a representative selection of both contemporary and classic Catalan cinema.

The festival’s opening film also comes from Catalonia, though its title remains a secret for now.
 
During the ceremony, the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival Lifetime Achievement Award and the Bruno O’Ya Young Actor’s Scholarship will be presented.
 
The doors of the Alexela Concert Hall and the black carpet with a photo wall will be open to guests from 17:45.
We kindly ask guests to arrive in good time.

Note! Dress code: formal, black tie.

Price information

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17:45 The doors to the Alexela Concert Hall and Cafés will be opened
19:00 Start of the event. Intermission 30 minutes
Latecomers are not allowed to the hall! We apologize for the inconvenience!
22:10 The approximate end of the event


No age limit
All visitors need to have a valid ticket, incl. children
Latecomers are not allowed to the hall!
Photographing and recording is not allowed
Ticket purchase request for people in wheelchair please contact: info@piletilevi.ee.
Wheelchair accessibility: From the entrance on the Rävala pst. side of the Solaris Center and through the door next to the Artis elevator, or using the Alexela Concert Hall elevator from the Solaris Center parking lot. For information, call 6155113.
Alexela Concert Hall’s 1st and 2nd row of the first balcony and the 1st row of the second balcony are with limited visibility. The edges are equipped with guardrails

By buying a ticket, I undertake to comply with the internal rules of the venue. Check them out here.
A service fee of 1,40 € per ticket is included to all events that are held in Alexela Concert Hall.

Fee is directed to the company’s environmentally sustainable development.

Event location

Alexela Kontserdimaja, TallinnEstonia pst. 9, Tallinn, Harjumaa https://www.kontserdimaja.ee
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Promoter

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
Reg.nr: 80044767
Telliskivi 60A, Tallinn, 10412, Harjumaainfo@poff.ee